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BOTTLE FILLING MACHINE.

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PATENT BOTTLE-FILLING MACHINE.

sPncIFIcATroN fofnilig part of Letters Patent No. 644,219, datedFebruary 27', 1900.

Application filed March 4, 1898. Renewed August 16, 1899. Serial No.727,445. (No model.)

T all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES G. WARREN, of the city and county ofProvidence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented a certain newand useful Improvement in Bottle-FillingMachinos; and I declare thefollowing to be a specification thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

Like letters and numerals indicate like parts.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved bottle-filling machine. Fig.2 is a top plan and section as seen on line a a of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is anenlarged view in central longitudinal section of the supporting-tube,marked Z) in Fig. l, with its connectedr parts. Fig. 4 is a frontelevation of my improved bottle-filling machine, the crate containingthe bottles being shown in vertical section. Fig. 5 is an enlargedcentral section of the foam-controller, marked c in Fig. 4. Fig. 64 is aperspective View of the float-supporting tube, marked d in Fig. 5. Figs.7 and 8 are detail views of the adjusting-plate, marked ein Fig. 4. Fig.9 is a side elevation of the supply-keg and its'pipes and is intended tobe continuous of Fig. 4. Fig. 10 is an enlarged central section of thebung-starter, marked f in Fig. 9, and shows in section the pipes andcouplings in combination therewith. Fig. 11 is an enlarged longitudinalsection of one of the filling-tubes and the centering-bell andfraine,the bottlingvalve, and one of the discharge-ports of thebottle-fillin g tank. Fig. 12 is a rear elevation of my improvedbottle-filling machine. Fig.

13fis an enlarged sectional View showing a portion of the frame, thebottle-filling tank, the centering-bells and frame, and the crate forthe bottles, with the divider and its actuating mechanism, the bottlesand the movable shelf being in side elevation. Fig. 14 is a View, partlyin side elevation and partly in vertical section, of my improved machinewhen the bottles and crate are partially raised in position. Fig. 15 isa rear elevation of a part of the machine, showing the position of thevalves and the valve-actuating mechanism after the bottling operationhas been completed. Fig. 16 shows in elevation the lifting-linger forraising the divider and the spring for holding said finger in place whenthe divider is in its highest position. Fig. 17 is the same with thenger depressed and the divider in its lowest position. Fig. 18 is anenlarged partial view of my machine, showing the bottle-lilling tank andits supply pipe and valves, as also the divider, in vertical section online n n of Fig. 19 and the reservoir, bottling-valves, centeringbellsand frame in front elevation. Fig. 19 is a top plan of the bottle-llingtank with the` cover removed, which is marked t in Fig. 18, the pipesfor supplying said tank, and the divider, which is marked h in Fig. 13.20 is a top plan of the bottlingval ves and their actuating mechanism asseen in line m m of Fig. 18. Fig. 21 is an enlarged central verticalsection of the measuring-tank and its displacement-piston, thebottle-filling tank, and the pipes and valves between them and thedivider in its elevated position in the bottlc-filling tank.

' My inventionA relates to machines for filling a number of bottlessimultaneously and equally with any liquid, and it is especially usefulin the bottling of liquids which foam or eifervesce.

My invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral elements or parts hereinafter particularly described, andspecifically set forth in the claims.

In the drawings the frame of the machine is shown at 1 and constitutes aproper standard or support. At the top of said frame is a receptacle ortank adapted to receive the liquid from a suitable source of supply andto discharge said liquid into bottles. This tank is preferably oblongand rectangular in shape, as seen in Figs. 13 and 18, and has a flange2, Fig. 13, extending outwardly from its upper edge, which iiange on theback is bent downward at a right angle, as shown at 3 in Fig. 13. Thistank 4 has its sides inclined inwardly, as shown in section in Figs. 13and 18, and in its lower portion its walls are thickened and formed sothat their surfaces on the inside of the tank are at right angles withthe top edge of the tank in a vertical or downward direction. The tank4is secured upon the top of the frame or standard 1 by bolts 5, whichpass through the rear flange 2 of said tank into said frame or standard,as illustrated in Fig. 13, while the bent portion of the flange shutsdown upon the upper plane surface of the frame or standard, as thereFig. f

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seen. Bolts 6 also pass through the frame or standard into the thickenedportion near the bottom of said tank.

, An oblong rectangular rim or open frame 7 is fastened by bolts 8 tothe fiange 2 of the tank and has its inner edge cut away to form acontinuous depression, i'n which a plate 9 of glass rests, as seen inFigs. 13 and 18. The glass plate 9 is secured in position bythe openframe or rim l0, fastened to the frame 7 by bolts 11, as shown in saidfigures. This glass plate serves not only to exclude dust and foreignsubstances from the liquid within the tank, but to allow a fullunobstructed view of the contents of the tank, and makes the tankair-tight and saves the gases, so that they may flow back through thevent-pipes into the keg or source of supply. Fromthe tank a vent-pipe 12extends upwardly. The tank 4 comprises not only these inclined Walls orsides, but also a bottom plate 13, of peculiar construction, which isillustrated in said Figs. 13 and 18. In the drawings this bottom portion13 of the tank has an outwardlyextending flange 14 and any suitablenumber of quadrangula-r sockets or depressionsl, each of which socketsor depressions has its four sides beveled or converging toward thecenter like an inverted pyramid. These socketsor depressions of thetank-bottom are arranged in series, preferably as shown in the drawings,Fig. 18, in four rows of siX each. Each socket or depression 15 has aport or opening 16, as seen in Figs. 13 and 18. This bottom plate 13 issecured to the walls of the tank by means of its ange 14 of said bottomplate, which is bolted, as shown at 17, to a bottom fiange 18 of saidtank.

Within the tank 4 is a vertically-movable device 19, which I designatethe dividen It isa box-like structure open at top and bottomand dividedby partitions into compartments of equal size. The sides and partitionsare arranged rectangularly, with the partitionsat right angles with thesides and equidistant, all together constituting a series of opencompartments corresponding in size and arrangement with the sockets ordepressions of the bottom plate 13 of the tank. The bottom of thedivider 19 rests upon the inwardlyextending portion of the iange 14 ofthe bottom plate 13, and thus the vertical movement of the divider 19 islimited thereby in a downward direction.

Twolifting rods or shafts 2O are mountedV `of the liquid from the tankthrough the filling-tubes into the bottles 28 These valves are mostplainly shown in top plan in Fig. 20.

A rock-shaft 29 is mounted in suitable bearings beneath the bottom 13 ofthe tank 4, (see Fig. 20,) and receives a reciprocating rocking motionfrom mechanism hereinafter described. The rock-shaft 29 has twoleverarms 30 secured thereto, and these leverarms 30 are pivotallyconnected with two valve-operating bars or rods 3l, as shown in Figs. 13and 20, which are connected at one end of the machine by the cross-bar32, as shown in Fig. 26, and have each a series of links 33.

The filling-tubes are designated at 34, one for each bottle. On one sideof each of said tubes 34 is an ear-piece 35, from which extends` asupporting-arm 36. Each link-bar 33 is pivoted at one of its endsto theend of of one of these supporting-arms 36 and at the other of its endsto one of the Valve-operating bars 31. Each `filling-tube 34 has at itstop one of said bottling-valves 27, the detail of whoseconstruction isshown in Fig. 11, where it is seen that the upper opening or bore of thevalve-chamber incloses and fits upon theport or tubular extension 16 ofthe socket 15 of the bottom plate 13 of the tank 4. The valve-chamberalso has at or near its lower end the circumferential enlargement orknurl 38, and the lower end of the valveehamber abuts the upper end oft-he fillingtube 34, the two being fiexibly. joined by means of therubber sleeve or collar 39, as fully shown in Fig. 11. Saidvalve-chamber has at one side a cylindrical extension 'and astuffing-box 40 (shown in Fig. 11) of the usual construction andrequiring no special description. and out of cylindrical extension 41and across the bore of the valve-chamber, heilig seated in a groove insaid chamber and operated by a Valve-stein 42, the latter pivotallyconnected by its ears 43 to one of the link-bars 33 of the series abovedescribed. In said Fig. 11 is also shown the lower portion of thefillingtube 34, which extends yery loosely through the tubular barrel orportion 44 of an annularcentering-bell45. 'lwoannularflanges 46 and 47extend from said barrel 44. A vertically movable bell-carrying frame 48has openings for the tubular barrels of the centering-bells,respectively, and said flanges 46 and 47 serve to limit the verticalmovement of said bells, as will presently` be described.

The bell-carrying frame 48 is provided with two tubes 49, Fig. 3, inwhich a disk 50 is movable, said disk being made with a stem or rod` Thebottling-valve 27 moves iny ICO IIO

51. The frame 4S at the portion where each of said tubes 49 passesloosely through it is made with an annular boss 52, beneath which is acircular recess, (shown in diametrical section in Fig. 3,) and the lowerend of the tube 49 has an annular flange 53, which fits loosely in saidcircular recess. The rod or stem 51 is fastened at its upper end to thebottom plate 13 of the tank 4. Two chains 54 are fastened at their upperends to said bottom' plate 13 and are secured at their lower ends to thebell-carrying frame 48, as shown in Figs. 1, 4, and 18.

The frame or standard 1 has two forwardlycurved legs 55, in which isloosely mounted a rock-shaft 56. At one end of said shaft 56 is a handleor lever 57, whose lower end is provided with a collar 5S, which isfastened to said shaft by a spline 59. A quadrantshaped arm 60 is fastupon said shaft 56 by a spline, as shown in Fig. 1, or otherwise in orthrough the collar 5S. On the standard or frame 1 are guides or ways61.61, Fig. 2, between which is mounted and movable in a verticaldirection a shelf-supporting slide 62,

from the upper part of which two brackets 63 extend forwardhorizontally, constituting a shelf or bottle-carrier. A metallic orother strap 64, Fig. 1, is secured on the periphery of the quadrant arm60, at the lower end of the latter, and is attached at its opposite endto the slide 62 at about the point designated 65 in Fig. 1. Anothermetallic or other strap 64a, Fig. 4, is securedon the upper end of theperiphery of said quadrant arm and is attached at its opposite end tothe bottom of the slide 62. (See Figs. 4 and 14.) A projection or arm 66extends rearwardly from near the bottom of said slide, and a chain 67 isfastened thereto, Fig. 14. This chain passes up over a pulley 68, whichis mounted in brackets 69 from the frame or standard, and at the end ofthe chain is the weight 70. On the upper rear portion of each of thecurved legs 55 is a guide-plate 71, fastened in position by screws. Theguide proper consists of a rib 72, Figs. 2 and 7, having a rectangularbend 73, and its forward end is flared somewhat, as plainly seen in Fig.7. As shown in Fig. 8, the hole or aperture 74 is somewhat larger thanthe bolt 75, thus allowing a certain play or adjustability toaccommodate boxes or crates of slightly-different sizes.

A box or crate 76 is set upon the brackets 63 and pushed back until itsrear corners are guided, by means of the ribs 72 of the guideplates 7l,into the proper position. This crate contains the bottles which are tobe filled. In the drawings there are shown four rows of bottles, six ineach row. By moving the handle or lever 57 from the position shown inFig. 1 toward the front ninety degrees the shaft 56 is correspondinglyturned and the-quadrant arm thereon, and by the strap connect-ion fromthe quadrant arm to the slide 62 the latter is raised, thereby liftingits brackets and the crate of bottles from the position shown in Figs. 1and 4 to the position shown in Fig. 13. The crate or box 76 is dividedby partitions 77 into square compartments of the proper size to receivethe bottles, as clearly shown in Figs. 4 and 13.

In Fig. 9 is seen akeg 78, which contains the beer or other liquid to bebottled and which constitutes the source of supply. The keg 7S restsupon supports 79 and is provided with a venting device 80, having twodivergent pipes 81 and 82. Avalve 83 closes said venting device whendesired. From each of the pipes 81 and 82 is a hose or iiexible tube orpipe, (marked 84 and 85,respectively,) these pipes shown in Fig. 9 beingcontinuous with the pipes similarly marked and designated in Fig. 4. Thepipe or hose 84 at its lower end is fitted upon a tube 86, which extendsup through the rim or frame 7 of the tank 4. The hose or pipe 85 at itslower end ts upon the upper tubular portion of that part of themechanism which I call the foam controller, (marked 87 in Fig. 4.) Thelower tubular portion of the foam-controller is screwthreaded, as seenin Fig. 5, and is engageable with .an interiorly-screw-threaded benttube 88 of the measuring-tank 89. (Shown in Fig. 21.)

The measuring-tank S9 is cylindrical, open at the top and closed at thebottom, except where it has the discharge-tube 90, as seen in Fig. 21.It has the curved pipe S8 and also the annular flange 92, extendingoutwardly, and the annular fiange 93,extending inwardly. A ring 94, witha short tubular extension, fits into the measuring-tank 89, and saidring is secured by bolts 95 to the flange 92 of said tank. ,A movablemember, which I designate as the displacement-pstom7 is shown at 96 andconsists of an open-mouthed cylinder having a closed bottom, from thecenter of which bottom a tube 97 extends upward, whose bore isscrew-threaded. The sides of this cylinder bear against and are incontact with said tubular extension of the ring 94 and with the edge ofthe internal flange 93 of the measuring-tank, as seen in Fig. 2l. A bentyoke 9S is secured by screws to the upper portion of the measuring-tank89 on opposite sides thereof, Figs. 1 and 4, and extends over the centerof the displacement-piston diametrically. A screw-rod 99, mounted insaid yoke 93, passes down into and engages with the screw-threaded tube97 of the displacement-piston. Said screw-rod 99 is provided with acrank and handle 100 at its upper end.

As seen in Fig. 21, a tube or pipe 101 enters the bottle-filling tank 4,near the bottom thereof, on one side, and a branch tube 102 extends fromsaid tube 101 up into the discharge-tube 90 of the measuring-tank 89.The tube 101 has the two valves 103 and 104 arranged and operating, aswill presently be described, in such a manner that when one of thesevalves is open the other is shut; A hose or flexible pipe 105 fits uponthe end of said tube 101, as shown in Fig. 4, and its o p- IOO IIO

posite end fits upon a short metallic tube 10G, Fig. 10.

In Fig. 10 is shown a curved tube 107, screw-threaded at both ends, oneend being engaged by a screw-threaded collar 108, provided with a fiange109, which is engageable with a liange of the short tube 106, so thatsaid tubes are drawn into abutment with each other. On the otherscrew-threaded end of said curved tube 107 is a collar 111, engageabletherewith by its own screw-threaded bore. This curved tube 107 has avalve 112 about midway its length, and at about the center of its curveis a projection or boss 113. In the keg 78 is the usual bung-hole, witha conical metallic ring therein. A tubular bung-starter 114 has anexternal shoulder, and said curved tube is also internally shoulderedfor the reception of the inner end of the bung-starter, the two beingengaged by means of screw-threads, as shown in Fig. 10. A rubber ring115 surrounds the bung-starter and lies between the collar 111 and theedge or tlange of the iron bung-ring 116.

The foam-controller has a top portion 117, Fig. 5, with a bent neck ortube, and a lower disk or plate 118, with a central tube or pipe 119.Rods or bolts extend from the top to the bottom and hold them together.A cylindrical glass tube or receptacle 121 is held between the topportion 117 andthe disk 118, being provided at top and bottom withpacking-rings (shown in Fig. 5 by heavy lines) and forming tight joints.In the lower tube 119 is secured a pipe or tube 122, having twoextensions 123, on the top of which is a centrally-perforated disk 124,Fig. G. On the top of this disk 124 rests another disk 125,.Fig. 5,having a stem 126,which passes down through the central perforation ofthe disk 124. (Shown in Fig. G.) A rubber or other bulb or floatvalve127, with a hemispherical end, is supported by said disk 125 andfastened thereto.

In Figs. 12, 14, and 15 the mechanism on the back of the machine isshown. A central vertical rod 128 is fastened at its bottom to theprojection or arm 66 of the slide 62 and at its top is supported andguided by the post 129, Fig. 14. It is also centrally supported by atubular aperture in the boss 130, extending from the frame orstandard 1. A cross-bar 131 is adjustably mounted on said central rod128 by means of the collar 132 and set-screw 133 and has studs 134 nearits ends, as shown in Figs. 12 and 15. Said central rod also has the xedarms 135,130, and 137, extending therefrom at right angles and arrangedand located as shown in Figs. 12 and 15. 0n studs or pivots 138 138 aremounted U -shaped arms or slotted cams 139 139, on the tubular barrel ofwhich and movable thereon, respectively, are the arms or levers 140 140.From each arm or lever 140 and pivotally connected therewith is a rod141. Each rod 141 at its top is pivotally connected with a lever orcrank-arm 142, which is fast upon one of the rock-shafts 20, whichextend in and across the bottle-lilling tank, as illustrated in Figs.15, 1G, and 18. Each of the fixed arms 135, 136, and 137 has a stud-pinat the outer extremity thereof.

On a'stud or pivot 143 is a U-shaped arm or slotted cam 144, on thetubular barrel of which and movable therewith is an arm or lever 145. Alink or rod 146 is pivote'd at the end of the lever at one end and atits opposite end is pivoted to a crank or arm 147, which operates andturns the stem 37, Fig. 19, of the valve 104 of the supply pipe or tube101, Fig. 18.

l On the stud or pivot 148 is a Ul-shaped arm or slotted cani 149, onthe tubular barrel of which and movable therewith is an arm or lever150. A link or rod 151 is pivoted at the end of the lever at one end andat its opposite end is pivoted to a crank or arm 152, which operates orturns the stem 91, Fig. 19, of the valve 103 of the supply pipe or tube101, Fig. 18.

A U -shaped arm or slotted cani 154 is mounted on the rock-shaft 29,Fig. 20, and is engaged by the stud of the cross-arm 135. Thisrock-shaft 29 reciprocates the valve-actuating rods 31 of thebottling-Valves 27.

In Figs. 16 and 17 is shown a holding device to enable thelifting-ingers 24 to maintain the divider 19 in its elevated position.This consists of a spring 155, bent, as shown, and fastened at its topto the upper part of the bottle-filling tank 4.v The edge of the finger24, near the fulcruin or pivot thereof, is flattened, and when saidfinger is in the position illustrated in Fig. 16 the free lower end ofthe. spring 155 presses against said portion of the iin ger with suflicient force to serve as a means of holding said vfinger in saidposition. When, however, the divider descends, as is illustrated in Fig.17, the nger 24 moves away and out of contact with said spring.

Having thus described the different parts of my improved bottle-fillingmachine, I will now proceed to explain its operation.

The bung-starter 114 is inserted inside the metallic tube or ring 110.(See Fig. 10.) Repeated blows by a mallet or hammer upon the projectionor boss 113 of the curved tube 107 forces the bung-starter 114 againstthe bung and drives said bung into the keg. By turning up the collar 111upon the upper end of the curved tube 107 the rubber ring 115 betweensaid collar 111 and the metallic ring 11G is compressed and forms apacking. The bung-starter and the bung-ring are held together by theirfrictional contact. The vent is then driven in, and thekeg 78 of beer orother liquid which is to be bottled is placed in position, bung down,upon its supports 79, Fig. 9, in a plane higher than that of themeasuring-reservoir 89 and tank 4 and all pipe connections made. Thevalves 112 and 83 are then turned to allow the iiow of liquid throughthe pipes 105 and a return of foam through pipe 85 and a return of thegases through pipe 84. The hose-pipes 84 and 85 and 105 of Fig. 10 are,as before explained,

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continuous of the hose-pipes 84, 85, and 105 of Fig. 4. The valve 103 ofthe supply-pipe 101 being open and the valve 104 of the same pipe beingclosed, the liquid flows by gravity from the keg 78 through the pipes107, 106, 105, and 101 and the branch pipe 102 into the measuring-tank89. The quantity of liquid to be bottled at one operation of the handleor lever 57 and divided equally in all the bottles 28 of the crate 76 isdetermined exactly by means of the displacement-piston. By turning thecrank 100, Fig. 21, the screw-rod 99, engaging with the tube 97, isoperated and the displacement-piston is moved toward or from the bottomof the measuring-tank 89, the liquid filling whatever space is between.In the flow of the liquid the foam comes first and fills themeasuring-tank 89, Fig. 2l, and rises up into and through the curvedtube 88 and thence into the foam-controller 87, Fig. 5. The foam risesup through the pipe 122, through the spaces between the two extensions123, into the glass receptacle 121, up through the bent neck or tube117, along the hose 85, tube 82, and vent-pipe 80 into the keg again,Fig. 9. The float-valve 127, so long as foam only is passing up throughthe foam-controller, remains in the position shown in Fig. 5, owing toits superior specific gravity; but as soon as the foam has passedthrough the foam-controller and the solid liquid comes and rises in theglass cylinder or receptacle 121 the buoyancy of the float-valve 127causes said valve to rise from the position shown in solid lines in Fig.5 to the position shown in l dotted lines in said figure, therebyclosing the belled or iiaring end of the neck or tube 117 and at thesame time preventing the return of the solid liquid back into the kegthrough pipe 117. The crate 76 of bottles is placed upon the brackets 63of the lifting device and by means of the guides 71 (shown in Figs. 1,2, 7, and 8) is accurately positioned when pushed back to the fullextent, the flaring or outwardly-bent ends of the ribs 72 directing suchmovement. The mouths of the bottles 28 are thus in position exactly (ornearly so) beneath the centering-bells 45, respectively. rlhe attendantthen moves the handle or lever 57 from the position shown in Fig. 1forward ninety degrees, thereby partially turning the shaft 56 and theconnected quadrant arm and by means of the strap connection of thequadrant and slide causing said slide to rise along the guides or ways61 6l. The shelf or brackets 63, with the bottle-crate 76 thereon, risesfrom the position shown in Figs. 1 and 4 to the position shown in Fig.13. The upper end of the neck of each bottle rising into contact withthe centering bell immediately aboveit, Fig. 1l, is by said belldirected as the upward movement of the crate continues into suchposition that the lower end of the filling-tube 34 enters lthe neck ofthe bottle, the flexible connection 39 allowing the filling-tube 34 toaccommodate itself to the bottle. The continued rise of the bottles andcrate causes the bottles to receive the filling-tubes 34, respectively,till the lower centering bells 45, carried by the upper ends of thebottle-necks, have moved upward on the outside of their respectivefilling-tubes 34. Said bells 45 by means of their flanges 46 47communicate said upward movement to the bell-centering frame, and thesaid frame 48 is directed and limited to a true vertical movement bymeans of its guiding device. (Shown in Figs. 4, 13, 14, and 18 and inlongitudinal section and front elevation in Fig. 3.) As the frame 48rises it moves up along the tubes 49 until it comes in contact with theupper flanges 46 of said tubes, and thereafter,.con tinuing to rise, theframe 48 lifts the tubes 49 by said lianges 46 up along the rods orstems51. By the turning of the valves 103 and 104, Fig. 21, as I willpresently explain, the liquid in the measuring-tank S9 and whosequantity has been already accurately measu red, as above described, Howsfrom said tank 89 through the branch pipe 102 and supplypipe 101 intothe bottle-filling tank 4, the turning of the valve 103, as shown inFig. 18, preventing any flow from the keg 78 or source of supply intothe measuring-tank 89 at this time. The liquid so discharged from themeasuring-tank 89 into the bottle-filling tank finds its level in thelatter tank. While the liquid is fiowing into the bottle-filling tank4the divider 19 is in the elevated position therein, (shown in Fig. 18,)the liquid flowing under said dividerthrough the open bottom thereof.The pressure of the spring 155, as shown in Fig. 16, holds the dividerin its ele-s vated position. The divider is then lowered, as hereinafterdescribed,and divides the body of liquid in the tank 4 into as manyequal parts as there are compartments in the divider. The divider hasthe bottom edges of its four sides and of its cross-partitions resting(when lowered into the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 18)upon the upper edges of the respective sockets 15 in the bottom plate 13of the tank 4. When the body of liquid has thus been divided, it isdischarged into the bottles beneath by the simultaneous operation of allthe bottling-valves, which are illustrated in Figs. 13, 18, and 2O andone of which is shown in section in Fig. 11. Each bottling-valve ismoved out of the position IIO shown in Fig. 11, where it is seen asclosing in Fig. 1,) thereby lowering the bottles and crate and thebrackets supporting them from the position shown in Fig. 13 to theposition shown in Fig. 4. This return is caused by the reverse movementof the lever 57 and strap. The bell-carrying frame 48 then descends byits Weight till it hangs suspended from the ends of the chains 54, as atiirst. The bottle-necks descend out of engagement with thecentering-bells, and the crate or rack of bottles is removed from thebrackets, all the bottles having been equally filled with the liquidfrom the tank 4. The divider 19 then rises to its former position by theoperation oi' the fingers 24, the bottling-valves close, the valve 104closes, and the valve 103 opens, thus supplying the tank 89 withtheproper quantity of liquid to be bottled by the next operation of themachine. It remains now simply to explain how these various valves areautomatically operated and the divider made to rise and descend at theproper times. As the slide 62 moves up and down it carries with it therod 128. The rod 128 in rising from the position shown in Fig. 12 causesthe cross-bar 131 thereon to rise with it, and the studs of saidcross-bar engage with and turn the U-shaped arm or slotted cams 139,thus moving the arms or levers 140, and thereby pulling down the rods141. These rods 141 operate the levers or crank-arms 142 of therock-shafts 20, which extend across the bottlc-filling tank inside it.As seen in Fig. 18, these rock-shafts 20, by their respective iingers orcam-levers 24, serve to raise the divider 10, Fig. 2l, when moving inone direction or to lower the divider when moving in theoppositedirection, as fully indicated in Figs. 16, 17, and 18. The fixed arm 135on the rod 128, as shown in Fig. 12, engages by its pin the slottedlever or cam 154, which is moved from the position shown in Fig. 12 tothe position shown in Fig. 15, thereby rocking the tubular barrel ofsaid lever or arm and with it the connected link 30, Fig. 20. Said link,being pivotally connected with the rod 31, Fig. 20, moves the latterfrom the position shown in Fig. 12 to the position' shown in Fig. 15.The links 33 are thus carried from the position shown in solid lines inFig. 20 to the position shown in dotted lines in said iigure and so openthe bottling-valves, which allows the liquid to ow from the bot.-tle-tilling tank 4 through the filling-tubes 34 into the bottles. Thefixed arm 136 on the rod 128 in rising therewith moves the slotted leveror cam-arm 144 from the position shown in Fig. 12 to the position shownin Fig. 15, thereby, through the arm 145, rod 146, and crank 147,turning the valve 104, which ad mits the liquid from the measuring-tank89 to the bottlelling tank 4. The fixed arm 137 on the rod 128 in movingtherewith moves the slotted lever or cam-arm 140 (the studpin of thisarm being on the opposite side of thearm, so that the cam will notengage with stud-pin on arm 136) from the position shown in Fig. 12 tothe position shown in Fig. 15, thereby, through the arm 149, rod 151,and crank 152, turning the valve 103, which stops the flow of the liquidfrom the source of supply to the measuring-tank 89. The valves andvalve-operating mechanism are in the relative positions shown in Fig. 12when the machine is in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 4, and they arein the position shown in Fig. 15 when the machine is in the positionshown in Fig. 13. In moving the handle or lever 57 from the positionshown in Fig. 1 ninety degrees the valve 103 first closes, shutting oftthe supply from the keg 78 to the measuring-tank 89 and next opening thevalve 104 to allow the liquid to iiow from the measuring-tank 89 intothe bottle-filling tank 4, and then lowering the divider 10 in the tank4, and then drawing out the bottling-valves 27 to allow the liquid toflow from the tank 4 into the bottles. When the handle or lever 57 ismoved back from its forward position, the bottling-valves27 are iirstoperated, then the divider 19 is raised in the tank 4, then the valve104 is closed, and, finally, the valve 103 is opened.

By means of the hose 84 the gas causing the eiiervescence in the liquidand which rises from the liquid While in the bottle-filling tank passesup from said tank into the keg 78 and so is preserved.

In this system of bottling the liquid is drawn from the bottom of thekeg or source of supply and is delivered into the bottom of the IOOmeasuring-tank, and then` is drawn from the bottom oli' themeasuring-tank into the bottom ofthe filling-tank, and then is drawnfrom the bottom of the filling-tank through the tubes into the bottom ofthe bottles', thus reducing the amount of foam.

I claim as a novel and useful invention and desire to secure by LettersPatent- 1. 1n a bottle-filling machine, the combination of a tankhavinga given quantity of liquid therein, and a divider, verticallymovable in said tank, through said liquid and having vertical partitionsconstituting a series of compartments of equal size, open at the bottom,which divider is adapted to rest by the lower edges of its sides and ofsaid partitions upon the bottom of the tank, and to divide the entirequantity of said liquid into as many equal parts as there arecompartments in said divider, substantially as specified.

2. In a bottle-filling machine, the combination of a tank adapted tocontain a determined quantity of liquid and having its bottom providedWith a plurality of discharge-ports arranged in equal spaces,respectively, and a divider which is vertically movable in said tank,and made with vertical partitions to form compartments of equal size andequal in number and corresponding in location with said discharge-ports,and which is adapted to rest upon the bottom of said tank and to di- IIOVide the entire quantity of said liquid into as many equal parts asthere are compartments in said divider, together' with means for closingand opening said ports, all arranged and operating, to divide the wholeof said liquid in the tank into so many equal portions, and to dischargeinto as many bottles or other receptacles, from said compartments,respectively, the liquid which has been so divided, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a bottle-filling machine, the combination of a tank adapted tocontain a quantity of liquid and having its bottom provided with aplurality of discharge-ports, arranged inV equal spaces, respectively, adivider of a height exceeding the depth of said liquid and movablewithin said tank, and made with partitions of the same height to formcompartments equal in number and corresponding in location with saiddischarge-ports and adapted to rest upon the bottom of said tank, andmeans within the tank for the purpose of low ering said divider throughsaid liquid in the tank to divide the entire quantity thereof into equalparts as many in number as the number of said compartments andthereafter to raise the divider in the tank, substantially as shown.

4. In a bottle-filling machine, the combination of a reservoir to holdthe liquid to be bottled, a tank having a bottom formed-into a series ofsockets or depressions separated from each other by intermediate ridges,ports in the lowest part of said sockets 0r depressions, respectively, adivider vertically movable in said tank, separated bypartitions thereininto compartments of equal size and adapted to rest by the bottom edgesof its sides and of its partitions upon said ridges, respectively,

means for opening and closing said ports and a pipe connection from saidreservoir to said tank, with a suitable valve therein, substantially asset forth.

5. In a bottle-filling machine, the combination of a reservoir to holdthe liquid to be bottled, a tank having a bottom formed into a series ofsockets or depressions separated from each other by intermediate ridges,ports in the lowest part of said sockets or depressions, respectively, adivider within said tank, separated by partitions into compartments ofequal size and adapted to rest by the bottom edges of its sides and ofits partitions upon said ridges, respectively, means for raising andlowering said divider in the tank, means for opening and closing saidports and a pipe connection between said reservoir and tank, with asuitable valve therein, substantially as specified.

0. In abottle-filling machine, the combination of a tank having means toreceive and discharge a liquid, a divider having compartments andvertically movable in the tank, rotatable shafts properly mounted andextending across said tank from side to side within the same,"camiingersupon said shafts and friction-rollers mounted upon the exa divider, madewith compartments and provided with friction-rollers at or near itscorners, which are supported by said cam-fingers, respectively,substantially as shown.

8. In a bottle-filling machine, the combination of a source of supply, areservoir, 'a pipe from the source of supply to the reservoir with avalve in said pipe, a tank having discharge pipes extending from thebottom thereof, a pipe from the reservoir to the tank and a valve insaid pipe, a divider in the tank, two rotatable shafts in the tank withcam-fingers arranged and adapted to move the divider vertically in thetank, a series of horizontally arranged valves beneath the tank adaptedto open and close said dischargepipes from the tank, a bar to operatethe valves last aforesaid, a vert-ical rod properly supported on theback of the machine, an operating-lever and means between saidoperating-lever and vertical rod to communicate motion from the formerto the latter, a crank-arm on the rear end of each of said rotatableshafts, two slotted lever-arms pivotally mounted on the back of themachine and each having a hub and a crank-arm therefrom, a rod from eachof the crank-arms last aforesaid to the crank-arms of said rotatableshafts, respectively, a slotted lever-arm pivotally mounted on the backof the machine and having a hub and a crank-arm therefrom, the latterbeing pivotally connected with the valve-operating bar aforesaid, aslotted lever-arm pivotally mounted on the back of the machine having ahub and a crank-arm therefrom, a crank-arm on the valve first mentioned,a rod between the two crank-arms last aforesaid, aslotted lever-armpivotally mounted upon the back of the machine having a hub and acrank-arm therefrom, a crank-arm on the valve secondly above named, arod between the two crankarms last aforesaid, four cross-arms fastenedupon the vertically-movable rod, all provided with stud-pins at theirends, respectively, the lowest crossarm engageable with the two slottedlever-arms first aforesaid and adapted to operate the mechanism forraising and lowering the divider in the tank, the next cross-arm aboveengageable with the slotted arm connected with the mechanism foroperating the series of valves beneath the tank, the next cross-armabove engageable with the slotted lever-arm connected with the mechanismfor operating the valve between the reservoir and tank, and the topcross-arm engageable with the slotted lever-arm connected with themechanism to operate the IDO IZO

valve between the source of supply and the reservoir, all arranged andoperating substantially as and for the purpose specified.

9. In a bottle-filling machine the combination of a tank provided withdischarge-pipes extending from the bottom thereof, valves in each ofsaid discharge-pipes and means adapted to connect said valves forsimultaneous movement,` an operating-leverv mounted on the side of themachine, a vertically-movable rod and connecting means to operate saidrod from the lever, a cross-bar on said rod with a stud-pin at the endthereof, a slotted lever-arm pivotally mounted on the back of themachine and having a hub and a crank thereon and a connection betweensaid crank and the means for operating the valves of thedischarge-pipes, all arranged and operating substantially as shown andfor the purpose specified.

IO. In avbottle-illing machine, the combination of a tank withdischarge-ports, two rotatable shafts mounted in the tank across thesame, cam-lingers on said shafts, a partitioned divider withfrictionrollers and supported on said cam-fingers, a crank on the end ofeach shaft, an operating-lever mounted on the side of the machine, avertically-movable rod and connecting means to operate said rod from thelever, two slotted lever-arms pivotally mounted on the back of themachine each having a hub and a crank therefrom and a rod from each ofthe cranks last aforesaid to the cranks of the shafts, respectively, allarranged and operating substantially as shown and for Ythe purposespecified.

11. Inabottle-lillingmachine,thecombination of a filling-tank, aplurality of dischargepipes from said tank at the bottom thereof,

valves in each of said pipes, respectively, connecting means adapted tooperate all said valves simultaneously, a reservoir, a communicationfrom the reservoir to the tank with a valve arranged to open or closesaid communication, a divider having an open bottom and verticallymovable in the tank and separated into equal compartments correspondingin number and location with said discharge-pipes, means for verticallymoving said divider, a support for a plurality of bottles and a leverprovided with means adapted to simultaneously raise said bottles bymeans of said support into contiguity with said discharge-pipes,respectively, lower the divider, close the valve to the communicationbetween the reservoir and tank, and open the valves of saiddischarge-pipes, substantially as speci fied.

12. In abottle-filling machine, the combination of a source of supply, areservoir, a pipe from the source of supply to the reservoir with avalve in said pipe, a filling-tank, a plurality of discharge-pipes fromsaid tank at the bottom thereof, valves in each of said pipes,respectively, connecting means adapted to operate all said valvessimultaneously, a communication from the reservoir to the tank with avalve arranged to openor close said communication, a divider having anopen bottom and vertically movable in the tank and separated into equalcompartments corresponding in number and location with saiddischarge-pipes, means for vertically moving said divider, a supportforaplurality of bottles and a lever provided with means adapted tosimultaneously raise said bottles into contiguity with said dischargepipes, respectively, close the valve in the pipe from the source ofsupply to the reservoir, open the valve in the pipe from the reservoirto the tank, lower the divider and open the valves in thedischargepipes, substantially as described.

13. Ina bottle-filling machine, the combination of a tank, a pluralityof discharge-pipes from said tank at the bottom thereof, valves in eachof said pipes, respectively, connecting means adapted to operate allsaid valvessimultaneously, a reservoir, a communication from thereservoir to the tank with a valve arranged to open or close saidcommunication, a divider having an open bottom and vertically movable inthe tank and separated into equal compartments corresponding in numberand location with said discharge-pipes, means for vertically moving saiddivider, a su pport for a plurality of bottles and a lever provided withmeans adapted to simultaneously lower said bottles by means lof saidsupport, close the valves of the discharge-pipes, raise the divider, andopen the valve from the reservoir to the tank, subst-antially as setforth.

14. In abottle-lillingmachine, the combination of a source of supply, areservoir, a pipe from the source of supply to the reservoir with avalve in said pipe, a tank, a plurality of dischargepipes from said tankat the bottom thereof, valves in each of said pipes, respectively,connecting means adapted to operate all said valves sim ultaneously, acommunication from the reservoir to the tank with a valve arranged toopen or close said communication, a divider having an open bottom andvertically movable in the tank and separated into equal compartmentscorresponding in number and location with said discharge-pipes, meansfor vertically moving said divider, a su pport for a plurality ofbottles and a lever provided with means adapted to simultaneouslylowersaid bottles by means of said support, close the valves in the dischargepipes, raise the divider, close the valve in the pipe between thereservoir and tank and open the valve in the pipe between the reservoirand source of supply, substantially as specified.

15. In a bottle-filling machine, the combination of a reservoir, a valvefor filling said reservoir from a suitable source of supply, a

tank, a plurality of discharge-pipes from said tank at the bottomthereof, valves in each of said pipes, respectively, connecting` meansadapted to operate all .the last-mentioned IOC) IIO

valves simultaneously, a communication from the reservoir to the tankwith a valve ar- Y ranged to open or close said communication,

a divider having an open bottom and vertically movable in the tank andseparated into equal compartments corresponding in number and locationwith said discharge-pipes, means for vertically moving said divider, asupport for a plurality of bottles and a lever which simultaneouslylowers said bottles by means of said support from said dischargepipes,raises the divider and opens the valve for filling the reservoir,substantially as described.

16. In abottle-illing machine, the combination of a tank, a plurality ofdischarge-pipes from said tank at the bottom thereof, valves in each ofsaid pipes, respectively, connecting means adapted to operate all saidvalves simultaneously, a reservoir, a communication between thereservoir and tank with a valve arranged to open and close saidcommunication, a divider having an open bottom and vertically movable inthe tank and separated into equal compartments corresponding in numberand location with said dischargepipes, means for vertically moving saiddivider, a source of supply with a communication therefrom to thereservoir having a valve therein, a vertically-movable bottle-carryingtable, a swinging operating-lever, through which the table is actuated,a vertically-reciprocating rod, connected With and moving in unison Withthe table and devices connectedwith all said valves and made operativeby said rod, substantially as specified.

17. In a bottle-filling machine, the combination of a tank havingcontrollable means to supply a liquid to the same, a quantity of liquidin said tank, a divider open at the top and bottom, which is separatedinto vertical compartments of equal size and which is movable verticallyinto and through the Whole body of said liquid, to divide the entirequantity of said liquid equally into as many parts as there arecompartments in said divider, and controllable means in said tankadapted to discharge said liquid therefrom, and so arranged and placedas to correspond in location with the Vertical planes of saidcompartments, respectively, substantially as described.

JAMES G. WARREN.` lVitnesses:

EMMA L. DUNN, WARREN R. PERCE.

